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Enovaljni motor (ang. single-cylinder engine) je batni motor z notranjim zgorevanjem, ki ima samo en valj - v katerem se nahaja en bat. Uporabljajo se na skuterjih, mopedih, motornih verižnih žagah in motornih kosilnicah z nitko, go karih, na radijsko vodenih modelih in drugje. Uporabljali so se tudi v avtomobilih, traktorjih, in na supermono motociklih. Sicer so možni tudi enovaljni motorji z zunanjim zgorevanjem, npr. parni stroj ali stirlingov motor.

Enovaljni motorji so v primerjavi z večvaljnimi bolj enostavni, kompaktni in cenejši, imajo pa večje vibracije, nekoliko slabše pospešujejo zaradi velike rotacijske mase in imajo manjše razmerje moč/teža. Ker imajo samo en bat, igra pomembno vlogo vztrajnik.

Glej tudi
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Images of several single-cylinder marine engines

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Even though the technology is in its early stages, it has generated a lot of interest since its first public showing worldwide on BBC's Click technology programme in October.
So far Chris has received a lot of enquiries from companies in the racing industry, keen to explore the possibilities that the new gaming approach can offer them. With the reduction in testing time available to the drivers now, this technology provides another avenue of training for them. The high quality of the imaging of the track lends itself to simulation systems, as well as video gaming environments.
In addition to other sports, there are many companies looking at other applications. The key benefit is that scanning now takes hours to complete, and not weeks, with a significant reduction in cost and production times. Other industrial simulation applications are being explored.


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Swedens Up-Next Producer iSHi Calls "Game Over"
Watch the video for the tough as nails track off his Spring Pieces mixtape.
By Zara Golden
If you're not yet familiar with iSHi, now's the time to get acquainted. The Swedish producer has already tallied production credits for his work with the likes of Tinie Tempeh, Lupe Fiasco, and Emile Sandé, and has even clocked some studio time with Rihanna. Earlier this month he released his first solo project, Spring Pieces, and today he is sharing a video for the tough, twitch track "Game Over."
"It's one of the harder tracks on Spring Pieces and I think it plays a huge part in showing what I'm all about—that ability to transition from straight hip-hop to more club facing tracks," he told The FADER. "With the visuals, it was a case of Alex Wessely and myself channeling the energy of the song and what I saw when I was making it. The video is dark but energetic—but keeps with that high quality and detail that all the video work and imagery has followed. Spring Pieces was a big chapter for me and 'Game Over' was a really important part of it."
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"""
    update_json.py -- Update the json files required by the expert finder

    Version 0.1 MC 2014-08-28
    --  Works as expected for concept list

    To do
    --  Update author.json, used to select an author
    --  The rest might come from dynamic queries to VIVO
"""

__author__ = "Michael Conlon"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2014, University of Florida"
__license__ = "BSD 3-Clause license"
__version__ = "0.1"

import json
from vivofoundation import vivo_sparql_query

from datetime import datetime

def update_concept_json():
    """
    Rewrite the concept_json, with current data from VIVO
    """
    query = """
    #
    # Frequency table of concepts
    #
    SELECT ?concept_uri
      (SAMPLE (DISTINCT ?clabel) AS ?label)
      (COUNT (DISTINCT ?uri) AS ?pubs)
      (COUNT (DISTINCT ?auth) AS ?authors)
    WHERE {
      ?concept_uri a skos:Concept .
      ?uri a vivo:InformationResource .
      ?uri vivo:informationResourceInAuthorship ?a .
      ?a vivo:linkedAuthor ?auth .
      ?auth a ufVivo:UFCurrentEntity .
      ?uri vivo:hasSubjectArea ?concept_uri .
      ?concept_uri rdfs:label ?clabel .
    }
    GROUP BY ?concept_uri
    ORDER BY DESC(?count)
    """
    result = vivo_sparql_query(query, debug=True)
    result_data = result['results']['bindings']
    concept_data = []
    for result_row in result_data:
        concept_row = {"uri": result_row["concept_uri"]["value"],
                       "pubs": int(result_row["pubs"]["value"]),
                       "authors": int(result_row["authors"]["value"]),
                       "label": result_row["label"]["value"]}
        concept_data.append(concept_row)
    concept_json_file = open("concepts.json", "w")
    print >>concept_json_file, json.dumps(concept_data, indent=4)
    concept_json_file.close()
    return

print datetime.now(), "Start"
update_concept_json()
print datetime.now(), "Finish"

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Gold, Paper and the 10th Amendment
Many Americans know that the Constitution defines and helps protect what their rights are. Few Americans know what precipitated the creation of the Constitution, and what destroyed the rights and livelihood of all Americans under the ill-fated Articles of Confederation. It's the same scourage that we today as Americans are still battling: paper, fiat currency.
Most Americans are taught as school-children that Ben Franklin had little formal school but nevertheless was able to strike it big on his own as a printer. What Americans are never told is what exactly it was that Franklin was printing that made him so wealthy: the answer is, paper money. Which is not to say that Franklin was some nefarious usurer out to profit off the labor of others and destroy their livelihoods in the process. He certainly wasn't. But it is to say that back in those days, we didn't understand the principles of inflation and monetary quite as clearly as we do today. Few people in that era saw much wrong (morally, economically or otherwise) with the practice of issuing fiat, paper currency.
Franklin even printed and published pamphlets in support of the practice, at least one of which still survives to this day:
A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of Paper Currency
Ben Franklin: Master of the printing press and,
along with that, the issue of paper, fiat currency
Like I said, few people of that era understood the deleterious effects that hyperinflation and fiat currency can have on an economy. Said one patriotic old lady, perhaps somewhat ironically, "What a shame it is that Congress should let the poor soldiers suffer when they have power to make just as much money as they choose."(1) Little did she understand that the cause of the soldier's suffering and misery was the fact that Congress had the power to make just as much money as they choose.
This conception of fiat currency was widespread during the colonial era, and just following the War of Independence. Said one colonial legislator of the time: "Do you think, gentlemen, that I will consent to load my constituents with taxes when we can send to our printer and get a wagon load of money, one quire of which will pay for the whole?" (2). The effects of such sagacious statesman-like wisdom were of course classic and undeniable: by the late 1750s, prices had inflated by 800% in Connecticut, 900% in the Carolinas, 1000% in Massachusetts, and over 2300% in Rhode Island.
The Constitutional Convention, 1787, Philadelphia
The folly of fiat currency was not lost on all, however. George Washington complained about how "a wagon-load of money will scarcely purchase a wagon-load of provisions." (3) Thomas Jefferson gave some even more sage advice, and correctly identified inflation for precisely what it was: a hidden (and extremely unfair) tax:
"It will be asked how will the two masses of Continental and of State money have cost the people of the United States seventy-two millions of dollars, when they are to be redeemed now with about six million? I answer that the difference, being sixty-six millions, has been lost on the bills separately by the successive holders of them. Every one, through whose hands a bill passed, lost on that bill what it lost in value during the time it was in his hands. This was a real tax on him; and in this way the people of the United States actually contributed those sixty-six millions of dollars during the war, and by a mode of taxation the most oppressive of all."
-- Thomas Jefferson
How was such an injust and clearly destructive economic system kept in place? The same way we do it today: price and wage controls, as well as legal tender laws.
Fixing the Problem of Funny Money
And it was for this reason that the Founding Fathers decided to convene the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. To put an end to paper currency, and to finally put the country firmly onto a gold (or silver) money standard. The sentiments that these delegates brought to bear with them are clear and direct. George Mason wrote to George Washington (prior to the Convention): "They may pass a law to issue paper money, but twenty laws will not make the people receive it. Paper money is founded upon fraud and knavery." John Langdon from New Hampshire warned that he would rather reject the whole plan of a federal union rather than grant the new government the right to issue fiat money. George Reed from Delaware declared that a provision in the Constitution granting the new government the right to issue fiat money "would be as alarming as the mark of the beast in Revelation." Thomas Paine (who did not attend the Convention) was strongly opposed to fiat currency, even more strongly opposed to legal tender laws, and advocated the death penalty for any member of Congress who even suggested passing legislation to that effect.
Spanish "Pieces (or pesos) of Eight", which were later
adopted and modified by the U.S. Congress into Gold Dollars
So what does the Constitution say about money?
Congress shall have the power ---
To borrow money .. to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures, .. [and] to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting.
No state shall .. coin money; emit bills of credit; or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
So the Constitution clearly prohibits the states from issuing fiat money (emitting bills of credit), and it clearly prohibits the states from using anything other than gold or silver in tender of payment of debts. However, it does not explicitly prohibit the federal government from doing so. This is unfortunate.. it may or may not be an oversight on the part of the Framers. However, there is a saving grace, and that is the 10th Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Amendment X
The power to issue fiat currency is not delegated to the federal government, and it is clearly prohibited to the States. Therefore, if any power to issue fiat currency legally exists in the United States, it is reserved to the people. In other words, individual people and private institutions, such as banks, have the right to issue IOUs and hope that the public will use them as money, but the government - at any level - is clearly prohibited from doing this.
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Catherine of Austria (; ; 9 February 1320 – 28 September 1349) was the daughter of the Habsburg Duke Leopold I of Austria and the wife successively of the French nobleman Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy and the German Konrad von Hardeck, Burgrave of Magdeburg.

Early life and family
Catherine was the oldest of two daughters born to Leopold I, Duke of Austria and his wife Catherine of Savoy. Her younger sister was Agnes of Austria, who married Bolko II the Small, Duke of Świdnica. On their father's side, the two were granddaughters of Albert I of Germany, while their maternal grandparents were Amadeus V, Count of Savoy and his second wife Maria of Brabant.

Her father died when Catherine was 6 years of age, and she and 4-year-old Agnes were placed under the guardianship of their paternal uncles, Frederick the Fair and Albert II, Duke of Austria.

Marriages
At the age of 18, Catherine married her first husband Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy, a French nobleman. The marriage contract was signed at Vincennes on 25 November 1338. The marriage produced one son, Enguerrand. The couple were married for eight years when in 1346, Enguerrand VI was killed in one of a series of battles which ended with the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346, as part of the Hundred Years' War between France and England. Their son Enguerrand succeeded his father as Lord of Coucy, and he later married Isabella, eldest daughter of King Edward III of England.

Catherine remarried nearly two years after her first husband's death in February 1348 to Konrad, Burgrave of Magdeburg. The couple were married for just over a year when Konrad succumbed to the Black Death on 25 September 1349, Catherine herself dying three days later; she was buried at Königsfelden. She was outlived by her son Enguerrand.

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1320 births
1349 deaths
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Fruit whips are desserts made from puréed fruit and whipped egg whites. They are usually uncooked, but some variants are cooked; they may be served plain, or with a sauce of fruit juice, custard, or cream, and possibly over a sponge cake or ladyfingers.

The uncooked variants are similar to mousse, while the cooked variants are similar to soufflé. There are also variants using whole eggs, gelatin, or farina.

A common kind of fruit whip is prune whip, but almost any raw, dried, or cooked fruit may be used, mashed or sieved, for example apple, strawberry, raspberry, apricot, cherry, fig, pineapple, or rhubarb.

Fruit whips are normally made by whipping the egg white then mixing in the puréed and sweetened fruit pulp. Some modern recipes call for using a blender.

See also

 List of desserts

References

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Cream Whippers

Fruit dishes
Desserts


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Home News Feature The Inequality Gap
The Inequality Gap
Narrowing the gap of income inequality between the rich and poor mass in most south Asian countries remains a challenge to the governments in the region. Bhutan, being a country that has been accepting a cautious development, is not yet close to narrow the gap, if not widened.
Bhutan Living Standard Survey (BLSS) 2012 reveals the figures that poverty in Bhutan is nearly halved over the past five years. A World Bank economist, Srinivasan Thirumalai lauded the report as consistent with the growth rate of Bhutan estimated at 5% in 2010. Bhutan is also rapidly closing the poverty gap with least poor countries like Sri Lanka and Maldives, according to the World Bank estimates of 2010.
But figures are not always to rely on. The methods of taking such social surveys using appropriate tools and tracking the income levels of the poorer section living afar are some key misgivings in the findings of BLSS. The poverty analysis report 2012 has drawn a progressive graph that over the past two decades, the poverty reduction rate is 12% with mean consumption increased by 5%. But a graph published in kuensel of May 1 gives a picture of 12% as the poverty rate of 2012 while for 2007 it was 23.2%.
One can assume sufficient flaws in the data collection methods, while looking at the figure of 12% poverty reduction just in 5 years. If we take the rate for two decades of Bhutan's path to development, there is room to argue that rural areas have not at all contributed to this amazing poverty reduction. The two decades were the years when most lands in southern Bhutan turned fallow, the development of agriculture and other infrastructures as roads, schools, bridges had been stalled for the security reasons. ULFA and BODO militants camping in the secluded enclaves of southern belt did resisted and threatened movement of government goods and personals. During this time, all development works were urban-centered, that too with much skepticism and dilemma. In those years, most weekly markets that exchanged goods and cash between Bhutanese growers and Indian merchants, closed and no buying selling took place.
Why a thriving district like Samtse has many poor people? The reason is obvious neglect for the people as the government waited for nearly five years after 1990 to see if more people could be evicted by signing the voluntary migration forms. The fear that 'militants' might interfere and obstruct the development works remained as the pretense for all years until 2000. Some of the rural people did came up voluntarily to emigrate after they could not produce anything on their land, had no chance to settle elsewhere, no school for the children, no government protection against all fears against wild animals or robbers and no place to sell their harvest. More people in the district abandoned their land, could not tend to the orchards and lay at the mercy of wild animals and monsoon rains to return to farm.
The fate is same for Samdrupjongkhar district which is the most affected district by ULFA and BODO militants. Moreover, the large tracts of wetland left by the evictees became the breeding ground for wild boars, barking deers, hogs while the surrounding forest supported wild elephants as haven.
Villages like Samrang, Bakuli, Dalim, Dumpha and Bhangtar became thinner with the human population. Nganglam, just north of Pathsala was most safe haven for the Assam militants. Daifam and Shingkharlauri started gearing up for the physical development and exchange trade with Assam very recently, may be two or three years now.
The income inequality is seen most prominently in Chukha which harbors the two mega hydro projects and localized industries. The poverty rate in Chukha is 8.8% which means there are comparatively poorer people. Phuentsholing is long standing business hub for Bhutan, while industries, colleges, and technical institutes are aplenty in Chukha. Chukha hydropower, Pasakha Industrial area and the Tala hydropower are big economic machines that can churn out rupees and dollars. But what is wrong?
This suggests that revenue generated from the businesses and industries in Chukha is siphoned to the pockets of richer and already wealthier people while the economic opportunities for the poorer to increase their income are limited. Big business houses in Phuentsholing are still owned by Indian merchants who pay certain royalty or operating tax to the government that seems not to trickle down.
The poverty analysis report found out that the gap between haves and have-nots have not changed even after five years. According to it, the richest 20%consume roughly seven times more than the poorest 20%. It means the richest Bhutanese are seven times richer than the poorest.
Let us look at the health care. It is state funded and is literally free for all Bhutanese. However, some rich people are able to spend some hundred thousand to deliver babies in Bangkok, while some are not able to go to hospital in Thimphu, if they are referred for getting treatment that take a month or two.
The cost of living in urban areas is increasing exponentially. So the people with lower range of salaries and daily wage laborers are living in penury, consuming the lowest quality food items, sheltering in the shacks and small tin-roofed house. In Phuentsholing, two average rooms cost Nu 5000 while in Jaigaon, similar rooms can be rented at Rs3200. Therefore, many Bhutanese who fall in lower income range get rented apartments in Jaigaon.
Another figure on poverty speaks: the new poverty line for Bhutan is fixed at 1704.80 Bhutanese currencies per person per month. Going by this minimum consumption level, many rural people and the highlanders of Laya,Lunana, or Merak Sakteng are far below this line. Even the land owners in the fertile valleys and southern foothills are not able to consume to this level, just in a month. The crop they produce in their land is not valued in the market in proportion to the labor input they make.
Let us take an example in rural parts of Gelephu town. The travel to market for fifteen to half hour ride cost Nu 50, while the shop for essential commodities for a week in Gelephu cost Nu 500. Therefore a villager in Nayabasti or Taklai is likely to spend 2200 in a month for the family of 6. This obviously doesnot include the consumption of home-grown milk, eggs, the rice or lentil. What can be the cost of living for a household of five living in Gwang or upper Maokhola.
The same applies to Dorokha and Denchukha villages although they fetch more cash from cardamom or the mandarins.
The numbers presented in the poverty analysis report or the living standard survey report are not the absolute measures to reflect on the living qualities of average Bhutanese. It sounds pretty fairly drawn if we look at the salaries of civil servants, government heads or some private employees of mega projects operating in the country. It is also good from the standpoint of the deceptive tendering practices to benefit the high-handed ministers and department heads of ongoing projects. Some ministers are busy amassing the wealth by getting two-fold income of government salary and rent collected from government offices that are set up in their multistoried buildings in Thimphu.
This will not close the gap of income inequality or reduce poverty at that speed of 12% in five years. No, never. The school students falling sick of nutritional deficiency in Orong, Martshala, Luentshe last year is not an indication of reduced poverty. Children who walk to school more than two hours daily and studying half-starving are not epitomes of reduced poverty.
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On June 28, the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) convened members of the Commission on Higher Education and Employability (CHEE) in Providence to discuss concrete ways New England employers, education leaders and policymakers can work together to ensure a successful, equitable workforce future.
The Commission comprises high-powered educators, employers, economists, policymakers and several students. It is chaired by Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, the self-described "action-oriented" chief executive who has brought Johnson & Johnson, Virgin Pulse and Vistaprint Corporate Solutions to the Ocean State and attracted national attention with her plan for free college tuition.
The Commission has a tall order. Job One is to get educators and employers simply to speak to one another.
In a recent Gallup study, 96% of college representatives said they felt confident in their institution's ability to prepare students for the workforce, yet only 11% of business leaders agreed that today's college graduates have the skills and competencies that business needs. Also the cultures are very different.
Kelli Vallieres, a NEBHE associate and CEO of Sound Manufacturing, a Connecticut provider of metal fabrication, recounted an "externship" she has worked on with the local high school that took ages to put together. Why? Partly because schools have so many mandates put on their time, said Vallieres.
Vermont state Rep. Kate Webb, a Commission member, added that employers have difficulty articulating the skills they need. Rounding out the dysfunction, students struggle to represent the value of their foundational skills, intelligence, adaptability and resilience … making it hard for employers to assess their strengths.
Several Commission members agreed on a need to address the disconnect between the culture of employers on one hand, and educators on the other.
To help the Commission develop recommendations due out later this year, the membership is divided into working groups. At the June 28 meeting, working groups focused on: Effective Use of Labor Market Data & Intelligence; Targeted Higher Education Partnerships; and New Economy Tech Skill Bundles.
New Hampshire economist and Community Colleges Chancellor Ross Gittell and Andrea Comer, vice president with the Connecticut Business & Industry Association Education and Workforce Partnership, are co-chairs of the working group on Targeted Higher Education Partnerships.
Their working group embraced the full range of education providers—including public, private and new kinds of credentialing organizations—to prepare students and faculty with the talents demanded by the economy.
Gittell recounted "takeaways" from the inaugural meeting held May 31 in the Rhode Island State House. Among them: Students need opportunities for "work-integrated learning" where they learn at the workplace perhaps while earning credits or other credentials. To be attractive to employers, they also need a combination of "foundational" skills (a preferable term these days to "soft skills") such as resiliency and industry-specific skills. There is also a need to integrate career planning early in student lives. A role for organized labor. And a regional outlook. Gittell used the example of Portsmouth, N.H. landing a big company that chose the New Hampshire seaport partly due to its proximity to Boston, Mass.
Another key to the Commission's work, said Gittell: Industry needs to come to the table with money.
But co-chair Comer offered a caveat. She noted that Connecticut is still struggling to recover from the recession. GE and Aetna rubbed salt in the wound with their recent decisions to leave the Nutmeg State. We need to do more to encourage employers to stay, rather than asking more of them, Comer warned.
Gittell said he cringes when he harkens back to the government policy of picking industry winners and losers. Instead, he said, New England should promote its diversity of industries across the whole region, not just in Boston and Cambridge.
The working group suggested that the Commission: Define common characteristics of best practices, create a template of partnerships that work, devise a taxonomy of workforce skills, develop granular credentials, analyze local demographic differences and produce a regional playbook along the lines of the "Communities that Work Partnership" sponsored by the Aspen Institute and funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce and private foundations.
Also the working group noted intersections between workforce investment boards (WIBs) and public schools in industry clusters. Some suggested looking at teaching itself: adapting inquiry-based, rather than traditional, techniques and creating "externships"—essentially summer internships to help teachers adopt techniques that energize students.
The group also coalesced around suggestions to watch ROI and even to develop a "business case" for the Commission itself.
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) President Rosanne Somerson righted the ship, noting that the Commission's goal is to create citizens and culture as much as jobs, which should at least be meaningful and fulfilling.
Matt Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass Technologies, spoke to the Commission about his firm's belief that jobs have a "genome." If you want students to have successful middle-class lifestyles in the 21st century, he told the audience, they need certain skills. Among those skills: data science. The jobs are not in data science per se, said Sigelman, but more than three-quarters of middle-skill occupations require digital skills. Digital skills should be integrated into every major at every degree level.
The value proposition of liberal arts seems to rise and fall. But conventional wisdom suggests that liberal arts grads will do fine with employers as long as they also have the more practical, industry-specific skills employers are looking for. For example, a student studying the classics or anthropology may be more successful with social media experience.
Hybrid jobs that mix skills sets are also the most human, so less easily automated, Sigelman said, because people increasingly will be asked to manage automation. The Rhode Island School of Design now prefers the term "intelligent augmentation" to "artificial intelligence" because it feels less like a human job-eater and more like a blender of human judgment and data.
Most of the jobs that require a college degree also want a lot of work experience, Sigelman noted. He also said there has been a larger increase in management jobs than in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) since the Great Recession; yet "middle-skills" workers (with more than a high school diploma, but less than bachelor's degrees) are more likely to manage than MBAs.
Several employers ask for bachelor's degrees in much larger percentages than the share of current workers in the occupation who actually have them. For example, 60% of job postings for administrative assistants ask for a college degree, but only 20% of current AAs have one. They do increasingly need digital skills. But Sigelman says a college degree is a proxy for some skills that could be offered in a more efficient way.
There's a perception that those with college degrees can advance in an organization without needing more formal education.
Burning Glass has reported that among job ads that explicitly request credentials, most requested just one of 50 specific creds. Still, certifications and other signals such as academic minors and transcripts that show job-market skills help students demonstrate workplace skills. Also, Seligman added, "brand" matters for a higher education institution (HEI), including regional HEI brand recognition.
Employers are generally likely to invest in employees' last-mile applications—training in the technical skills that employers want and that change fast, but colleges don't offer.
Also different kinds of HEIs leave a different mark on the skills conversation. Kerry Healey, the president of Babson College and former Massachusetts lieutenant governor, observed that skills like resilience and adaptability, banishing fear of failure and learning how to be creative are things that need to be "baked in" to the curriculum for everyone. Last-mile skills like coding and computer languages and internships can be pursued extracurricularly on Fridays and weekends.
Sigelman suggested the Commission develop "communities of practice" in areas such as career services. Degrees matter, but how do we make sure they represent a bundle of skills, making them more relevant and sustainable over the life of a career?
Talent is the name of the game, stressed Travis McCready, president & CEO, Mass Life Sciences Center (MLSC), in his expert testimony to the working group on Targeted Higher Education Partnerships.
He told the group that the MLSC offers a "wide aperture" for talent through middle and high schools, vocational-technical schools and postsecondary education. He added that pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis, Amgen and Shire have migrated toward talent hotspots in the Bay State.
Here too, an equity component surfaces. School districts with high free- or reduced-lunch populations are specially invited to apply to the MLSC for funds to buy high-quality lab equipment. Once you get to college level, McCready warned, it's too late if you've never worked with a graduated pipette.
Community colleges also get access to MLSC funds for lab facilities and courses. But McCready acknowledged that the MLSC is not an expert, so it serves as convener of industry and community college presidents to encourage relationships. The MLSC offers what are essentially internships and apprenticeships. They are not all lab-related. Life sciences companies need finance and liberal arts specialists too, but, McCready said, the liberal arts students who tend to get hired have some understanding of science.
Noting that more half of New England college students attend independent HEIs, Roger Williams University President Donald Farish pointed out an irony in spending big money to lure private industry but skimping historically on spending for private higher education. Especially when the demography tells us we need to bring in more students.
McCready said the MLSC has worked with Harvard and MIT, as well as small private colleges that fill a niche, such as Wellesley College with its efforts to increase women in life sciences and Regis with its work to accelerate immigrant entry in the disciplines. The MLSC had also experimented with Dean College, which traditionally had no life sciences.
Nevertheless, 70% of UMass grads stay and work in the state, and McCready pointed out that money invested in UMass in recent years was "catch-up" after years of low state investment.
Despite all its successes, the MLSC hasn't cracked the code yet on black and Latino students, said McCready. Only 6% of Latino students go on to get hired by industry.
The tough record with black and Latino students relates to the Commission's so-called "Equity Imperative." NEBHE wants to ensure that the workforce vision serves all New Englanders. It's not only a matter of social justice, but also as a matter of sound economics in the slow-growing region. Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire have the oldest median-age populations in America. And where there is population growth, it's among groups—both urban and rural—that have not been well-served by education or the job market.
Underrepresented groups, for the purposes of addressing the employability gap, include: students of color, students from low-income families and first-generation students. Susan Brennan, associate vice president of university career services at Bentley University, added students with disabilities to the groups New England should bring into the equation. Some could add children of incarcerated people and scores of other sources of inequity.
At Eastern Connecticut State University—which is about 30% students of color—lower-income, minority and first-generation students often had no cars, so had difficulty traveling off campus to internships. White students got most of the internships, said President Elsa Núñez.
Eastern's Work Hub eliminates that need, allowing students to develop practical skills doing real-time work assignments without having to travel off campus, and providing the insurance company Cigna with a computer network and facility where its staff could provide on-site guidance and support to Eastern student interns. Moreover, Núñez observed that the boss in Eastern's internships automatically becomes the mentor—important in the employability discussion.
Commission member Paul LeBlanc, the president of Southern New Hampshire University and guru of competency-based education, said a critical factor is to provide internships and mentors for students of color; also cultural, not academic, mentorship is needed for students who get the feeling they don't belong, as Núñez said of her own beginnings in college.
In case anyone still doubts an equity imperative, LeBlanc cited the hard data from Deloitte showing benefits from diversity in teams. RISD's Somerson said diversity is crucial to innovation. Núñez had a solution for companies that want a fast track to diversity: Forgive student loans.
Rhode Island College President Frank Sánchez added some keen insights to the equity panel.
Why is the conversation missing the large segments of unemployed and underemployed people who are not connecting with traditional educators? How do you formally embed employability in the curriculum? How can we bolster compassion in nursing and teaching, or help businesspeople connect with diverse populations?
Some pointed out a simple overlooked truth on equity: the profound importance of stable state need-based financial aid, which has been generally up and down in New England.
A working group on labor-market information (LMI) weighed real-time vs. traditional LMI. Real-time LMI has the virtue of capturing in-demand employability skills. But working group members agreed that the two types of LMI are complementary and should be bolstered by local intelligence, conversations with employers, local economic drivers and student body makeups.
Berkshire Community College President Ellen Kennedy suggested that the information be tweeked for different sectors to establish benchmarks and skillsets. And that exemplars offer best practices. And perhaps that the Commission identify five essential knowledge points to brand New England and make it attractive for businesses to settle.
Working group members hailed recent LMI initiatives including WorkReadyNH and Maine is IT!, a U.S. Labor Department-funded partnership with Maine community colleges. They also floated the idea of a partnership to share costs of working with outfits such as Burning Glass to look at resume data to study career progressions and occupational transitions. And they spoke of communicating how LMI can be used to improve institutions' business practices.
A key aspect of the NEBHE Commission is the voices of students.
Great Bay Community College alumna Heather Bollinger thought the region could benefit from a regionwide version of WorkReadyNH. That's a Granite State program that teaches students interviewing skills so they are prepared to enter the workforce.
Another student rep on the Commission, Mariella Lucaj of the Community College of Rhode Island, recommended marketing the Commission's work directly to students—and encourage them think differently about their skills—and job prospects.
Desirae LeBlanc, a University of New England student on the Commission, recommended finding a way to push students to want to seek out internships; spoke of her own experiences with service learning programs helping her with employability skills.
Even the term "skills" was questioned as connoting lower-level work. Then, oh no, "competencies" and "proficiencies." Add to that "scaffolding" and "emerging digital skills" and "putting ideas in a parking lot" and you see why at several points, Commissioners spoke of the need to create a sort of glossary showing definitions in the new language of career education.
Last point: We need to include all stakeholders at the table in at least yearly engagement to sustain the work. Perhaps a New England consortium for partnerships?
Talent 4.0: How Employable are New England's College Graduates and What Can Higher Education Do About It?


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The estimated test of key supports has been confirmed with conditions for implementation of the pre-planned buying positions. OsMA trend indicator, having marked relative rise of bullish activity after formation of bullish reversal signal, favors holding of open long positions with the targets of 1,0720/40, 1,0780/1,0800 and (or) further break-out variant up to 1,0840/60, 1,0920/40, 1,0980/1,1000. The alternative for sales will be below 1,0600 with the targets of 1,0540/60, 1,0480/1,0500.
The estimated test of key resistance range levels has been confirmed, however, relatively high level of bullish activity, marked by OsMA trend indicator, did not favor immediate implementation of the pre-planned short positions. Therefore, at this point, considering supposition of bullsi activity cycle incompleteness, we can assume attainment of channel line 1 at 1,5740/60, where it is recommended to evaluate the development of the activity of both parties in accordance with the charts of a shorter time interval. As for short-term sales on condition of the formation of topping signals the targets will be 1,5680/1,5700, 1,5620/40, 1,5520/60 and (or) further break-out variant up to 1,5440/60, 1,5360/80, 1,5260/1,5300. The alternative for buyers will be above 1,5820 with the targets of 1,5860/80, 1,5960/1,6000.
The estimated test of key resistance range levels has been confirmed with conditions for implementation of the pre-planned short positions. OsMA trend indicator, having marked fall in activity of both parties, suggests holding of earlier opened sales, however, adds to risks of some further rate correction period, however, the upside should be limited by the below mentioned alternative for buyers. Though, as earlier, the targets for sales will be 89,00/20, 88,40/60 and (or) further break-out variant up to 87,80/88,00, 87,20/40. The alternative for buyers will be above 90,20 with the targets of 90,60/80, 91,20/40.


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Archbold Police officers used their tasers twice last week to subdue subjects who were threatening or uncooperative.
Thom Ross, Archbold Police assistant chief, said officers tased Shawn A. Hovey, 36, Toledo, in the course of a domestic violence arrest during the early morning hours of Thursday, April 10.
Officers also tased Jeffrey R. McCarty, 31, Fayette, after he was uncooperative, just after midnight, Friday, April 10.
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Ross said two Archbold Police officers were dispatched to Lot 152 in the Fox Chase about 12:57 am, Thursday.
Shannon Sue Hovey, 31, the resident, told officers Shawn was not to be on her premises.
Ross said The Hoveys are married, but are not living together.
Officers separated the two, then told Shawn Hovey left the premises.
Ross said officers reported Hovey produced a folding knife, unfolded it, and allegedly pointed it at police officers.
He allegedly told the two, "You'll have to arrest me."
Ross said both officers drew their .40-caliber semi-automatic handguns; but when one of the officers realized both had their guns out, the first officer reholstered his weapon, drew his taser, and pulled the trigger.
The taser fires two dart-like projectiles that are connected to the gun-like body of the weapon by thin wires. The barbed projectiles embed themselves in the subject's skin.
The weapon then sends a high-voltage jolt of electricity down the wires, causing the sub- ject to lose control of his or her voluntary muscles. Voluntary muscles include arms, legs, etc., but not the heart, or the muscles that control breathing.
The electric shock is painful, but is considered less than lethal.
Ross said when Hovey was tased, he dropped the knife. Officers placed him in handcuffs.
Following Archbold Police Department procedure, Archbold Rescue was called to the scene to examine Hovey.
Because Shannon Hovey told officers she feared that Shawn Hovey would harm her or her children, he was placed under arrest for domestic violence. After he was examined, he was taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio.
Shawn Hovey had his initial appearance in Western District Court later that day. He was released on his own recognizance.
In the second incident, Police were called to East Garden Apartments about a possible fight. On the scene, officers met with McCarty.
Ross said McCarty refused to produce identification when asked, and repeatedly tried to leave the scene.
While officers were escorting him to a place where he could sit down, he pulled away. An officer drew his taser, and rather than firing the projectiles, pressed the exposed barbs against Mc- Carty's skin, and applied the voltage.
McCarty was placed on the floor and handcuffed.
Archbold Rescue was called to the scene. They transported Mc- Carty to Fulton County Health Center, where he was treated and released.
He was issued citations for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.- David Pugh
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In the summer of 2014 I sat waiting in an airport terminal for a twice-delayed flight. My ears were being assaulted by the blaring news station barking out social conditioning and barely veiled biased news that would test even the most well-meditated mind.
Thankfully, there is some technology that can be controlled, so I created a personal sacred space…and pressed play on my iPod.
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I was further grounded by having a physical memory to connect with, since I had attended a live performance of this piece in London at St. Martin of the Fields during the Christmas of 2012.
Four songs played, each one more beautiful than its neighbor. The last song began to play, ordered in the setlist exactly as it was when my husband and I sat in the front row of St. Martin's in Trafalgar Square. Oblivion.
Then, the familiar phenomenon began.
Anyone who gets the "chills" from listening to music, known as a dopamine dump or surge in professional music therapy, will also know this phenomenon.
It is healing, transforming, and oh yes, addictive.
The sensation is conducted by the ebb and flow of the music. The body responds to the music without voluntary action…a familiar kinesthetic dance that invites a person to respond in a zen-like syncopated movement.
"But wait, I can't dance, I'm in the airport!", my inner voice reminded me.
No matter, I responded with a micro-dance, allowing the first few fingers of my left hand to express a tiny, slow, smoldering tango, a reflection of my internal energy.
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The physical response to this violin piece resonated from heart to crown, and began inside my skull, like a spontaneous spark. Pulsing like an electrical current, my brain and scalp began to tingle in syncopation with the song's swell. With a rise and spread, it moved from the base of my brain and covered my entire head – my face, skull, and scalp, until the whole cranium was like an orb lit by the lightening-like synapse of each symphonic note. The feeling forced me to close my eyes, so strong, like some kind of ecstatic ice cream headache.
The electrical pulse peaked at the crown of my skull where I felt the inside of the top of my skull lifting away, like it could expose the cortex. My body followed the cue of the music's pulse…In tempo…Down and through…over my arms, torso, and legs, until finally, my entire mind, body, and soul are physically resonating, from the inside out.
That is music's power. Powerful enough to cause a physical and hormonal reaction in your body that can numb pain and even bring a damaged brain back from the brink of ruin.
But this could also be Mother Nature's power.
Or hearing a choir of voices swell and pulse in unity.
But, here I sit. In the airport, an adult, with the social knowledge, er, conditioning, that grown adults aren't allowed to be too happy, too sad, or too much of anything without catching a raised, suspect eyebrow from those nearby.
So I restrain my want to get up and dance through the airport, and instead, I close my eyes, and allow myself to be taken by the music.
I let my eyes close and roll back and ride out the ether-driven tsunami of soul-shuddering lucidity. It is a lightness of being that, I swear, dispels any brain fog, creative roadblock, pain, or dreary mindset.
Finding freedom in the beauty of art is liberating. And my reaction to this incredible violin concerto by Piazzolla is real, raw, and fortunately for me, frequent and easy to access.
How do you find freedom? Creative liberation? Inspiration? How do you reinvent your motivation and passion for being human?
How do you allow yourself to react when life is so beautiful that you cannot stand it?
Do you suppress that joy? Or do you free it – and let it fly?
And if we suppress ourselves too often, do we forget how to embrace joy?
Some of the most joyful moments I remember were playing jazz gigs where I was the only white person in the bunch, or singing with an international choir, 250 members strong, so quietly, a capella, that I could hear my own, barely perceptible, inhale.
The other truly joyful moment I recall is watching children play. Children don't hold themselves back – they are truly open to creativity and the wonder the world offers.
We can always learn from other cultures, other belief systems, and always, always, from children.
I am a white woman that sings jazz and longs to go to an African American church and just let loose singing, hands in the air. I am a white woman that is also Native American and somewhere, down deep, when I see a beautiful thing, I want it to be set free.
So I ask myself on a regular basis, am I holding myself back from true freedom, suppressing myself just because I'm a "grown up" and that's what is expected of me?
Perhaps we can make 2015 the year we lose our self to find freedom?
Perhaps we can look at the world through the eyes of a child, and remember what it is that makes us come alive?
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You have spoken to my heart and brought tears to my eyes…I have been a grown up since I was a child…way too long!!!
I too have that total-body ecstasy when hearing memorable and especially well harmonized music–it resonates in my bones and out through my pores. Your links for using this in therapeutic environments are a gift.
Thank you for sharing this story in this way–it reinforces a goal of mine for this year which is to find ways to create "space" for myself in the midst of the chaos that current life can be (but doesn't HAVE to be!!!).
Thank you so much for sharing your story – and sharing that vulnerability that is inherent in children but so often lost in adults. That this post resonates with you in such a harmonic way inspires me to keep working! Gracious space is real, and the sacredness that comes with it is palpable and healing.
This spoke volumes to my heart, Ginger! If I don't do something creative every day, I will be emotionally deficit (and inevitably suffer a grown-woman meltdown). It is essential that we seek solitude in that quiet, personal space, more today in our demanding culture than ever before.
Thank you volumes for taking the time to comment. There is incredible wisdom in our words – we should remind ourselves each morning – to seek quiet when we need it, to set healthy boundaries, and to open ourselves up to the wonder, healing, transformative power of the arts!
Thank you Ginger, this was very moving. We have a photo collage of pictures of my husband and I when we were wee ones and on up through the ages (we had it displayed at our wedding). Every time I get a glimpse of my younger self, it brings tears to my eyes–not sure what it is—a sense of innocence and play that is not often present these days? I spontaneously bought a hula-hoop at my last retreat at the Chopra Center—after a week of cerebral mind-finding, I needed to let go and went to a a hula-hoop class on the last day. Ahhhh, freedom at last and my meditation that morning, said, "play more!" So I swing my hula-hoop around in my studio to my Pandora music at least once a week now.
Realized this commented through my website…..so, this is Tianna BTW.
🙂 I would recognize that logo and website anywhere.
I LOVE your story Tianna! Play can be work for us cerebral-minded folks – or at least it is for me. Work is play, and play is work. I hope to have them both become play in 2015!
Here here, Ginger! My mantra thus far for 2015 has been a year of ease. For the past few years I have thrown myself fully into a project that I have sadly just stepped away from. During that time my moments of joy were few and far between. So I appreciate this post – this nudge to lose ourselves in the freedom of play – I am looking forward to recreating the time and space for just this sort of freedom.
I am totally on board with your mantra Liz Williams! Of course I would love to hear more about your journey…how you made the decision to step away, how it replenished your soul and renewed your focus…There is so much to be learned from the wisdom of your experience. Joy is a measure of immense acceptance – and when we find that space where we feel accepted, we can experiment with what freedom really offers. That is the real deal, the real yoga, the real samadhi, right there. Perhaps?
Oh, Ginger – where to start? The decision to step away was not an easy one, nor was it comfortable – for any of us. I suppose the cliff notes version of the story is that we weren't compatible with our business partners. That being said, we all tried really hard in our own ways to make it work. Sometimes when you set yourself on a course, committed to a dream of creating a different reality, you allow yourself to ignore warning signals along the way. This is not a new story – hindsight is 20/20 as the old adage goes. But I can honestly look back on the past few years and know that at least we tried. Sure there are things I might have done differently, but I am finding strength in the truth that we tried. There is a quote that states – you will remain the same until the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of change.
As for how this journey has replenished my soul, and renewed my focus – I think only time will tell. I am feeling a bit of inspiration for my professional development – both as a physical therapist and as an educator. I am feeling reconnected to studying plants as medicine. I am excited to have more time to play with my fellow acrobats. But all of these feel very personal and singular. I am curious to see how my desire to live in community while sharing resources will be realized. I'm doing my best to allow space for whatever is next for me in this life…trying not to rush forward to fill the void of a dream that has so recently been laid to rest.
Liz, You are courageous! Not forcing big decisions or pushing projects to completion is a mantra I've learned the hard way. What an amazing lesson – for which I am very grateful. It's made me more at ease with the ebb and flow of life. You are not alone Liz, you are not alone. Sending you great big reassuring and supportive hugs – your experience has laid the foundation for greater things to come….
Thanks, Ginger. I appreciate your support … sending *you* big hugs, across the wires.


On the 5th of May we went to Silicon Valley / Santa Clara to TIE50 Awards to compete against 3000 other Startups and finally won the TIE50 Award 2017. Big thank you to the team and supporters.
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Hong Kong's leader has said she would not rule out asking for Chinese government help in putting down the long-running protests "if the situation becomes so bad", but at present she thought city authorities could handle the situation.
Carrie Lam said she had no plans at the moment to use sweeping emergency powers to bring in further laws, after a controversial anti-mask ban inflamed tensions across the city and spurred four days of street protests. The city's chief executive warned that the city's economy was entering a "bitter winter", with the protests badly affecting tourism in particular with visitors in the first week of October – a national holiday in mainland China – down by half. Visitor numbers in July were down 4.8% year on year but in August and September, down by 30% to 40%.


Being able to participate in the Scottish fun is a big part of the Portland Highland Games. From enjoying live music to trying out a new skill or just browsing through vendor booths, the Games offer you a ton of activity and enjoyment to fill a whole Saturday.
Times, events and locations are subject to change. Please check back often or check the program on the day of the event.
In the winter months of 2013, Biddy on the Bench was formed. The members include Kevin Grgurich, Nick Frey, Noah Cotter, Casey Dyer, and Tristan Cormack. Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, Kevin, Nick, and Tristan have been playing music together for close to a decade. Noah and Casey are Oregon natives and bring with them years of experience with Irish music. Together, Biddy on the Bench approaches each song, each melody, with a passion for the music and sharing it with others.
Inspired by great Scottish and Irish folk music in his native Dundee, Scotland, Bill has played guitar and performed in bands most of his life. After moving to the USA in 2007, he became a solo artist and has played Irish & Scottish venues, festivals, pubs and clubs in many parts of the country.
Bill is no stranger to the Portland Highland games, he sings and plays Scottish songs old and new, tells you their history and you're sure to laugh at various stories. He has also written songs from his unique experiences, you may here some of these too. Be ready to join in and enjoy yourself as he weaves a Scottish spell around you.
In his fourth year travelling and entertaining around Scotland, Holland and the USA including Hawaii, Bill will be in Portland for a few weeks before heading East to Wisconsin and Florida then off to Scotland.
Long before the popularity of Celtic Women & Celtic Thunder and long before Celtic became a household word, Golden Bough was bringing their style of Celtic music to fans throughout the United State and Europe.
Since 1980 Golden Bough has been delighting audiences with their unique renditions of the Celtic music of Ireland & Scotland. Besides their many years of touring, these modern day minstrels have recorded over 30 albums.
Their latest release, "Celtic Festival", embodies the music and the spirit of a lively music festival. Golden Bough got the idea for their new CD after performing at Festivals, Highland Games and Fairs. Fans kept asking "Which is the liveliest?" To satisfy the requests, they put together a fun album of Celtic songs reflecting the Celtic Festival atmosphere.
They also dedicated an entire CD (Songs of Scotland) to the music of Scotland. "Having listened to a spate of Scottish CDs – this CD is a sheer delight. Overall a refreshing and enjoyable collection of Scottish songs and music." Justine Salmon, Tradition Magazine, UK.
With a dazzling array of acoustic instruments; Celtic harp, guitar, violin, viola, penny-whistle, octave-mandolin, accordion, and bodhran (a hand held Celtic drum), and a haunting vocal style, Golden Bough presents a program that leaves little room for audience members to lose interest.
Golden Bough performs in concert and at Highland Games and celtic festivals all over the West Coast. This Fall they will return once again to perform at The International Talisker Highland-Games in Trebsen, Germany.
For further information on Golden Bough, their recordings, concert schedule and history you can access their website at www.goldenboughmusic.com.
Founded in early 2014 by professional piper Micah Babinski, Dram & Go is an elite Scottish music trio based in Portland, Oregon. The core of the Dram & Go sound consists of the borderpipes, fiddle (Rachel Bowen), and guitar (Anton Emery), but they also regularly incorporate banjo, whistle, mandolin, and Irish flute in their arrangements. Dram & Go can be found performing at pubs, festivals, and private events in the Portland metro area and beyond. The band has two albums, a self-titled debut and Heads, Tails, and Heart released earlier this year. Dram & Go's music invites audiences to explore the rich trans-Atlantic intersections of Scottish piping, old-time fiddle music, and Irish trad while maintaining a forward-looking repertoire heavy on the band's original compositions.
The Fire is a high energy pure-drop Scottish music band, with world-class fiddling in combination with bagpipes, guitar, bodhran, whistle, and bouzouki. The group includes International Scottish Fiddle Champion Rebecca Lomnicky, multi-instrumentalist David Brewer of the popular Celtic band Molly's Revenge, and Adam Hendey on guitar and bouzouki. Members of the trio have each spent copious amounts of time delving into the traditions of their respective instruments, with Rebecca and David having additionally lived and studied in both Edinburgh and the Highlands of Scotland. Together, The Fire performs captivating Scottish music which bridges the gap between the fiddle and bagpipe music of Scotland—two worlds united, into a heartfelt and rousing musical experience. Between their entertaining and informative stage banter, vast array of instrument combinations and extensive repertoire, including everything from soaring slow airs to intricately arranged dance tunes, these charismatic performers will leave you on your feet with your hands together. The Fire has headlined at Celtic festivals such as The Pleasanton Scottish Highland Games, The Utah Scottish Association Highland Games, The Portland Highland Games, The Sedona Celtic Harvest Festival, The Northwest Folklife Festival, The Oregon Scottish Festival, The Yachats Celtic Music Festival, The Monterey Scottish Games and Celtic Festival, and has performed at a variety of venues throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland.
The Fire is currently based out of Santa Cruz, California, and has recorded two albums together.
In 2016, Don Anderson presented, "From Native American to Scottish" during the Portland Highland Games. His primary message was how genetic genealogy is an effective tool in breaking through Brick Walls existing in family trees. Don was adopted and was successful in finding both of his birth parents – his mother in 2001 by means of a birth certificate and his father through DNA testing. Since then he finished his book entitled, Paper And Spit: Family Found: How DNA and Genealogy Revealed My First Parents' Identity.
Don is a life long resident of Oregon and the book has many references to our state and his journey from believing he was Native American to Irish and finally learning of his Scottish heritage. His family were the founders of the Tillamook Cheese factory and the cheddar recipe is still used today.
At the 2018 Portland Highland Games, he will share his story to promote DNA testing and encouraging people to look into their own genetic past. hi will not be selling DNA testing, but rather advising attendees which tests would be right for them.
The Ceilidh Social dance is your chance to try your hand at Scottish Country dancing. With live music, learn some of the basic moves and socialize with other attendees of the Portland Highland Games. This event is fun for everyone, young and old.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to play the bodhran? Don't know what a bodhran is? The bodhran is an Irish drum. We may not have drums enough for everyone, but we do have pizza boxes. Come learn some Irish rhythms with the musician of The Golden Bough as they teach you the basics… on a pizza box.
A special area on the Upper Field is designated for young Highlanders and their families! This ever-popular Childrens' Games and Activities are brought to you by the Girl Scouts.
All competitors receive a participation medal. No registration is required. You can drop in at any time, between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A parent must be present while their child is participating. Entry fee of $5 covers all activities and supports the Girl Scouts.
Oregon Vintage Motorcyclists, www.Oregonvintage.org and the Vintage Motorcycle Enthusiasts. They will have vintage Nortons, BSA's, and Triumphs on display. Come and see the British motorcycles and hear the owners of the motorcycles share their unique stories.


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About Selemani
4th Slemani International Film Festival
This year the 4th Slemani International Film Festival which will be held on October the 1st- 7th, 2019, in Slemani City, Kurdistan, Iraq. Located in Talary Hunar and City Cinema Halls. In This edition 154 films from 78 countries will be screened.
This year, the film (Sisters in Arms) directed by Caroline Fourest will be the opening film of the 4th Slemani IFF.
past 3 years 'SlemaniFest'
For the past 3 years 'SlemaniFest' has attracted filmmakers, actors, cinema journalists and programmers from other international film festivals including Oscar qualifying festivals such as Nashville, Atlanta, Rio De Janeiro, Tampere, Docville, Krakow and Animafest Zagreb.
Some of our previous attendees
Some of our previous attendees include Maori New Zealand actress Rachel House from the animated feature MOANA, Australian filmmaker Rhys Graham, currently directing a series for Netflix, award-winning Kurdish Iranian actor, Navid Mohammadzadeh, who won Best Actor 2017 in the Venice Film Festival, Multi Award-winning Iranian director Majid Majidi, Academy member & short film programmer, Linda Olszewski, award-winning producer/director partner Carolyn McDonald and Kimberly Klabel, Operations Director of Atlanta Film Society.
About last year
Also last year, SlemaniFest featured acclaimed films such as Jafar Panahi's THREE FACES, winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes, 2018, Hirokazu Kore-eda's SHOPLIFTERS, 2019 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Malgorzata Szumowska's MUG, winner of the Jury Grand Prix, at Berlinale 2018, and Majid Majidi's BEYOND THE CLOUDS, Best Film Nominee at the 2017 London Film Festival, in its International Features Competition.
In this edition, 3 feature will compete
In this edition, 3 feature films will compete for the Golden Pine award. This award has been added to the festival program this year, as well as 10 more feature films in the same section will be competing for 6 more awards. These films are in the official competition for the Silver Pine award.
Kurdish documentary competition
Another section of the festival is the Kurdish documentary competition which has only one award.
International documentary competition
Another section is the International documentary film competition which has only one award.
Another section is the Kurdish Short Film competition, which has the Golden pine award. And only a Kurdish short film has a chance to win that award. In the same section there are 2 more awards titled as Jury Award and Silver award.
International short film
Another section of the festival is International short film competition which has 2 awards: 1- Best International short film (Silver) 2- Jury award (Silver).
National and International animation
Another section is the National and International animation film competition which has only one award for best film (Silver).
Another section is titled NEW TALENT, which is dedicated to those films which do not have a chance in the official for competition.
Earth Cancer
This year's Slemani International Film Festival main theme is "Earth Cancer". This section will present 2 days- international panel with participation of experts in the area of the issue. They will be invited to Slemani city to attend the debate on what should be done in regard of this important cause. As well as influencing the Kurdish public on how to protect the environment and nature of Earth. Another section of the festival presenting a debate on International Film Foundations & commissions around the globe. Which We are planning to attract their attention to the Kurdistan region. Then they will be presenting seminars and debates on the creation of the first Kurdish film foundation in the region, which will lead to organize the Kurdish film industry once more. In order to attract the great film production companies all over the globe to invest in the Kurdistan region.
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23andMe's ancestry tools are getting better for people of color
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23andMe is beefing up its African, East Asian and Native American ancestry capabilities — something it has sorely lacked. Specifically, 23andMe has added to its database 12 new regions across Africa and East Asia. When I first tried 23andMe a few years ago, it told me I was 71 percent West African, which tells me next to nothing about which countries the bulk of my ancestry comes from. Well, that's all changing — though, I already received the information from Ancestry — with 23andMe's latest product update.
"Key to this update is really the availability of more data from around the world, specifically in Africa and Asia," 23andMe Senior Product Manager Robin Smith told TechCrunch. "It's possible through certain initiatives, like the African Genetics Project and Global Genetics Project."
Before, 23andMe only provided three subgroups in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Now, there are eight additional subgroups in the area, as well as four additional populations in East Asia.
Here are the 12 additional populations on 23andMe:
Southern East African
Coastal West African
Ethiopian & Eritrean
Senegambian & Guinean
Chinese Dai
. Vietnamese
. Indonesian, Thai, Khmer & Myanma
23andMe first launched in 2007, but it's taken a long time to collect the data needed to provide a more comprehensive genealogical view to certain populations. Roughly 75 percent of 23andMe's customers are of European descent, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki said at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017. So, 23andMe realized "at some point that we needed these initiatives to go out and get the data," Smith said.
For early 23andMe adopters, they're going to have to re-take the test because this update is only available for people on the most recent genotyping chip, Smith said. 23andMe is now on the fifth version of its chip, which he said is "reflective of a better idea of the diversity of the world."
That means they'll either have to buy a new kit or opt-in for a yet-to-be-available upgrade program, Smith said. Beyond this update, 23andMe plans to regularly release updates and continue adding new populations.
"We haven't done an update like this in a long time," Smith said. "It's been on our roadmap for many years now."
Last September, 23andMe raised $250 million at around a $1.75 billion valuation. As part of that capital raise, Wojcicki said, 23andMe planned to work to expand the diversity of the data and the research on that diversity.
In addition to ancestral information, 23andMe also offers health reports. Earlier in 2017, the Food and Drug Administration started allowing 23andMe to test for 10 different genetic risk tests, including ones for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. In addition to testing risks for certain diseases, 23andMe also tells you fun facts like how your DNA influences your appearance, preferences and physical responses.
I'll be retaking the 23andMe test soon and will let you all know what I find. In the meantime, a researcher over at 23andMe shared a before and after look at their results. Check it out below.
Ancestry answered the DNA questions 23andMe couldn't
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